How business families can raise a generation of givers
Trillions of dollars are passing to the next generation. How do you ensure it lands in the right hands? ...
September 12, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
$124tn is being passed down to the next generation, prompting a profound succession dilemma in family enterprises. Here are six steps families should take to identify and engage the next generation of...
Continue readingSeptember 9, 2025 • by Camille Korschun, Peter Vogel, Martin Euwema in Family business • 8 min read
Trillions of dollars are passing to the next generation. How do you ensure it lands in the right hands? ...
August 25, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 8 min read
Is your family firm experiencing conflict? Is a breakdown of a sibling relationship putting a strain on business dynamics? Are board members struggling to find a unanimous way to perform a task?...
July 30, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
Good governance is critical to success in the family enterprise ecosystem, but family involvement in these mechanisms could be doing more harm than good. ...
July 4, 2025 • by Jennifer Jordan, Peter Vogel in Family business • 9 min read
The blurring of work and personal lives is creating stress, exhaustion, and confusion for leaders. We explore how enterprising families create healthy boundaries between the two worlds and thrive....
July 3, 2025 • by Jean-François Manzoni in Family business • 6 min read
Mars CEO Poul Weihrauch shares how family ownership enables long-term thinking, purpose-driven leadership, and sustainable growth across generations....
June 19, 2025 • by Peter Vogel, Ana Maria Guerrero Carvajal, Isabel Carvajal Sardi in Family business • 8 min read
The Carvajal family’s Ana Maria Guerrero Carvajal and Isabel Carvajal Sardi on why the family’s foundation is the largest shareholder of their 121-year-old family business and how it’s the key to sustaining...
March 19, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis in Family business • 7 min read
Fire, floods, relocation, and a pandemic couldn’t sink Formans, the family-run smoked salmon supplier. Here’s how they stayed afloat....
February 19, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis, Cristina Bettinelli , Manisha Singal , John Davis in Family business • 9 min read
The survival of family businesses is at stake due to inadequate board management and the difficulties faced by leaders of family businesses in juggling various roles....
February 12, 2025 • by Marleen Dieleman in Family business • 8 min read
Tolaram, the Singapore-headquartered family business, has global interests in logistics, consumer goods, and technology. Family members Mohan Vaswani and Sajen Aswani discuss the company’s values-based system of meritocracy, the family’s move to...
January 31, 2025 • by Alfredo De Massis, Emanuela Rondi, Vittoria Magrelli , Francesco Debellis in Family business • 9 min read
Tradition is defined as the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. Innovation is the process of changing something established by introducing new methods...
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